Recovered members of Alcoholics Anonymous discuss Living AA as a Way of Life. Freedom, Humor, Experience!
S10E9 Shank and Wayne take a look into AA's finances from the 2024 finanical statements and 2025 budget. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "AA Jargon", "Sex and Sponsorship", "Given a Bum Steer" and "Sponsors Can Goof". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10E8 Shank and Wayne discuss if AA is really Self Supporting through its own voluntary contributions. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Bootlegger", "Hot-Buttered-Rum-Guzzlers" and "Fat Driving". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10E7 Shank and Wayne discuss how literature price hikes and addtional pamphlets did not help AA's bottom line. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "fatigue, hunger, loneliness, anger and overelation", "round-the-clock-winesippers" and "off the sause". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10E6 Shank and Wayne take a look at AA's pamphlet distribution and discuss if they are worth the effort, do they fulfill our primary purpose or destract? Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "restful convalescence", "bridge, macrame, the opera, tropical fish, cabinetmaking, needlework, baseball, writing, signing, crossword puzzles, cooking, bird-watching, amateur acting, leathercraft, gardening, sailing, the guitar, movies, dancing, marbles, bonsai, collecting something or other" and "Serenity is like a gyroscope". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10 E5 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items from the 75th General Service Conference for the Treatment and Accessibilites, Trustees, Archives and International Coventions/Regional Forum Committees. Living Sober Shrapnel takes a look at "Sitting in a hen house makes you a hen", "at the KP" and "unbelievably fertile powers of imagination". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10 E4 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Policy/Admissions, Public Information and Report and Charter Committees. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Weddings and Barmitzvahs and Christenings, and Holidays, and Football Games and Cocktail Parties and Business Lunches", "Recovered Alcoholics" and "Healthy Respect for Alcohol, Healthy Respect for Cyanide, Iodine or any other Poison, A Skull and Crossbones". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10 E3 Shank and Wayne discuss agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the Grapevine, La Vina and Literature Committees. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Distilled Spirits" "A Pickle Can Change Itself Back Into a Cucumber" and "Free Trial Period". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10 E2 Shank and Wayne discuss some of the agenda items for the 75th General Service Conference from the CPC, Corrections and Finance Committees. Living Sober Shrapnel discusses "Cafeteria Style", "Balanced Diet of Ideas" and "Just Don't Pick Up That First Drink". If you have a suggestion, comment or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S10E1 Shank and Wayne review the 75th General Service Conference items for the Agenda Committee. In Living Sober Shrapnel they discuss "Thick Tongues", "Grim, Wet Blanket Experience" and "The Twelve Steps Offered as a Program of Recovery in the Book Alcoholics Anonymous". You can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E13 Shank and Wayne do a wrap up of the 12 Steps and discuss upcoming Season 10. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E12 Karen shares her experience with step 12 and Carrying the Message. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "BOSTON - Be of service to others now", "Service is gratitude in action", and "The only thing worse than my problems are my solutions". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E11 Clay F. shares his experience with Prayer and Meditation. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Meditation is an opportunity to witness what's around me", "We get down on our knees to get back on our feet", "If you pray without action you are just begging" and "We get in a circle because we no longer do lines". If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E10 Melissa shares her experience with continuing to take inventory and Step 10. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "FEAR - Frustration, Ego, Anxiety and Resentment", "You received without cost, now give without charge" and "If your not working on your recovery, you're working on your relapse." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can reach Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E9 Matt shares his experience with Making Amends and taking Step 9. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Alcoholism is the only disease that treats loneliness with isolation", "Easy does it - but do it", and "If I'm not the problem, then there is no solution". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E8 Ricky shares his experience with working Step 8 in Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Willing doesn't mean wanting", "SLIP - Sober Living isn't a Priority", and "You're only late for your first meeting". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E7 Lyn S. shares her experience with Step 7. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Bless Them, Change Me", "When you get run over by a train, it's not the caboose that kills you", and "Not every share at a meeting is meant for me to hear". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E6 Earl R. shares his experience with Step 6. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Listen like you have no opinion", "I'm allergic to alcohol - everytime I drink I break out in handcuffs", and "It is what it is". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E5 Juli shares her experience with Step 5. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "ISM - I Seek Misery", "Fear is a mile high and a mile wide - but paper thin", "There are no victims, only volunteers". If you have suggestion, question or comment you can reach Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E4 Bentley shares his experience with Step 4. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Expectations are premeditated resentments", "You will never get ahead as long as you keep trying to get even" and "Emotions are not instructions!" If you have a comment, suggestion or question you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E3 Hugh shares his experience with Step 3. In Meeting Shrapnel we discuss "God - Grace Over Drama', "Don't tease the disease:, and "If you don't do the work the only thing that will change is your sobriety date". Send comments, suggestions and questions to freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E2 Stephanie shares her experience with Step 2 and Coming to Believe. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Listen to learn and learn to listen", "Play the tape all the way through", and "I'm not responsible for the first thought that pops into my head but I am responsible for what I do with it". Contact Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S9E1 Eileen shares her experience with Step 1 and being Powerless and Unmanageable. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Don't count the days, make the days count", "In times of trouble don't take a nip, take a nap", and "If I don't have a problem, I don't need a solution". Contact Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E13 Shank and Wayne read some excerpts from Into Action from the Plain Language Big Book and give their final analysis of the much debated book. If you have a question, comment or suggetion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E12 Shank and Wayne discuss the explanation of the 12 steps in the Plain Language Big Book. Meeting Shrapnel aka. Cliche Carnage looks at the terms "Higher Power" and "God as we understood/understand God" from the Plain Language Big Book Glossary. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E11 Tatiana shares her experience with the difference between a Group and a Meeting. Meeeting Shrapnel discusses "Open Discussion Meeting", "Speaker Meeting" and "Newcomers Meeting". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E10 Shawn shares his experience with the differences in the book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Plain Language Big Book. Meeting Shrapnel is translated into "Cliche Carnage" and we discuss the words "Dry/Dry Drunk", "Craving" and "Fellowship" from the PLBB Glossary. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E9 Lauren shares her experience on Alcoholism and Alcoholics Anonymous. In Meeting Shrapnel we look at "My disease wants me dead", "Alcoholics Anonymous is more powerful than alcoholism" and "AA is not where you wind up - its where you start over". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Anonymous at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E8 Shank and Wayne give an update on the new Plain Language Big Book. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E7 Marcie shares her experience on High Bottoms and Low Bottoms. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "YET - You're eligible too", "You don't have to wait till the basement to get off the elevator" and "Recovery doesn't open the gates of heaven and let you in - recovery opens the gates of hell and lets you out." If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E6 Marty shares his experience on the Step 10 and Step 11. Meeting Shrapnel explores "Its never to late to work a step with a "1" in it", "Frog - Fully Rely On God" and "Your faith is in your feet". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E5 John shares his experience with readings from Bill W and Dr. Bobs stories from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If you took a nip, you need a chip", "To be teachable I need to be reachable", and "Expectations are resentments waiting to happen". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E4 Holly shares her experience with Spiritual Experiences vs Spiritual Awakenings. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "If you put God in one hand and AA in the other, you can't pick up a drink", "AA has no side effects", and "Sobriety isn't owned its rented". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E3 Carrie B shares her experience with the differences in the AA Program and the AA Fellowship. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I go to meetings to see what happens to people that don't go to meetings", "Simple program for complicated people" and "You can't think of someone else and yourself at the same time". If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E2 Graham shares his experience on Alcoholism being an Illness versus a disease. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I have a threefold disease: mind, body and spirit", "You are not responsible for your disease, but you ARE responsible for your behavior", "Dis-EASE", and "AA is a selfish program". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S8E1 "24 Hour John" shares his experience with being Recovered vs Recovering in Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel explores "If I say I'm recovered I may drink again", "Grateful Recovering Alcholic", and Grateful Recovered Alcholic". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E13 Shank and Wayne wrap up season 7 with a discussion about Dr. Bob's Nightmare from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Are you a friend of Bills?" If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E12 Trey M. shares his experience with a reading from the chapter A Vision For You from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Nobody gets here by mistake", "More will be revealed" and "Alcoholism is to give up one thing for everything". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E11 Julie M. shares her experience with a reading from the chapter To Employers from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "We get a front row seat to the greatest show on earth", "Attitude of Gratitude" and "My mind is a bad neighborhood, I don't go there alone". If you have a quesiton, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E10 Heather shares her experience with a reading in the The Family Afterward from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "This AA thing is more than alright", "Pigeon Meeting" and "I can't think my way into good living, I have to live my way into good thinking". If you have a suggestion, question or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E9 Dawn L. shares her experience with a reading from To Wives in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "When you know better you do better", "The spiritual side of the program" and "There are only two meetings you should go to - the one you don't want to go to and the one you do want to go to". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E8 Otis shares his experience with a reading from the chapter Working With Others from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "A grateful drunk never drinks", "You may be the only copy of the Big Book someone else reads" and "You can start your day over at any time". If you have a question, comment of suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E7 Jana shares her experience with the chapter Into Action from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I never wanted to stay sober this long when I got here", "Serenity is being ok with where I'm at", and "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E6 Ian shares his experience with the chapter How It Works from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "The man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man", "Stick with the winners", and "Secrets die in the light". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E5 Kristi shares her experience with the chapter We Agnostics from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Sober up a horse thief and you still have a horse thief", "Restrain of thumb and send" and "If God brought me to it, God can bring me through it". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E4 Tom shares his experience with the chapter More About Alcoholism from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "AA is not where you wind up, its where you start over", "Alcoholics all drink for the same reason - Any Reason!", and "The world record for sobriety is 24 hours". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E3 Maggie shares her experience with the chapter, There is a Solution, from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Utilize, don't analyze", "An AA member is just a drunk with a conscience", and "If you spot it, you got it". If you have a question, comment, or suggestion you can email Shank and Wayne at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E2 Dan shares his experience with Bill's Story from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "TIME - This I Must Earn", "Carry the message, not the mess", and "1000 lb Telephone". If you have a question, suggestion or comment you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S7E1 Mrs. Jones shares her experience with a reading from the Doctor's Opinion from the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "Seven days without a meeting makes one weak", "Service is God's rock tumbler", and "Pigeon Meeting". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S6E13 Shank and Wayne share their experience on Season 6 and Grapevine Books. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "I've got a built in forgetter", "The goal is not to think less of myself but to think of myself less", and "Half measures availed us nothing". If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
S6E12 Brie shares her experience with Sponsorship. Meeting Shrapnel discusses "You can only keep what you have by giving it away", "In the rooms" and "SLIP (sobriety losses its priority). If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
Shank and Wayne discuss some Grapevine history, personal experience, relevance and financial condition. If you have a question, comment or suggestion you can email Alcoholics Alive at freedom@alcoholicsalive.com
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